Joseph BEUYS
/ Günther TOLLMANN
Untitled. (Beuys
performing "und in uns...unter uns...landunter" (And
In Us...Beneath Us...Land Under)

Performance relic.
Color polaroid by Günter Tollmann, mounted on the front
cover of a pink paper folder.
Signed by G. Tollmann in black ink in the lower rignt corner
of the folder front cover.
Two rubber stamps by J. Beuys, one in the upper right corner
of the picture, another one on the folder front cover.
Framed.
Polaroid: 8.8x8.8 cm.
Folder: 27.5x21.9 cm.
Frame: 45.5x39.4 cm.
Reproduced
in Mathias Niehoff & Rainer Norten: "Günter Tollmann",
Hirmer Verlag, Munich, 2011.
A very early
item.
Beuys performed "und in uns...unter uns...landunter"
(And In Us...Beneath Us...Land Under) on the occasion of the
happening 24-Stunden (24 Hours) in 1965 at the Galerie Parnass,
Wuppertal (from 12am to 12am). Organized by Beuys, Charlotte
Moormann, Nam June Paik, Ekhard Rahn, Tomas Schmit, and Wolf
Vostell. The action ends at midnight, marking the anniversary
of D-Day on 6 June 1944.
Joseph BEUYS:
Zwei Fräulein mit leuchtendem Brot (Two women with shining
bread)
Multiple.
Card stock, chocolate and rolled scroll. 66x20.3x1.9 cm. Typos
Verlag, Francfort, Germany, 1966. Edition: 500, unsigned, unnumbered.
30 copies of the edition signed and numbered as special edition.
One of the 500. The very first multiple of Jospeh Beuys.
Schellmann, 2, p. 38-39.
Joseph BEUYS
/ Henning CHRISTIANSEN: Eurasienstab. 82 min fluxorum organum
Artist poster.
Printed offset black on one side, on white paper. 47x58 cm. Feb.
6 - March 3, 1968. Wide White Space, Antwerp, Belgium, 1968.
Wide White Space. Behind the museum, Richter Verlag, 1994, #17,
p. 242.
Joseph BEUYS:
Intuition (.... instead of a cook-book)
Multiple. Object.
Wooden box. Inside, two horizontal lines and title drawn in black
pencil by J. Beuys. Outside, on the back, red rubber stamp 'Vice'
(Versand), signature and date by J. Beuys, in black pencil. 30x20x5.5
cm. Unlimited edition. Vice-Versand, Reimscheid, 1968. A very
early copy.
Schellmann, 8th ed., 1997, n°7, p. 46-47. "3-: new multiple
art", Whitechapel Arts Gallery, London, 1970, n° 44,
p. 18. "Multiples", NBK, 1974, p. 89, 91. A. Moeglin-Delcroix,
Esthétique du livre d'artiste, p. 123. A. Moeglin-Delcroix,
Livres d'artistes, l'invention d'un genre, 1997, n°179, p.
20.
Joseph BEUYS:
Ja, Ja, Ja, Ja, Ja, Nee, Nee, Neee, Nee, Nee

Multiple.
Pile of gray felt square sheets, and a magnetic tape. In its
original brown cardboard packing box. 15x25x25 cm. Edition of
100 (+10 copies) numbered, stamped signature on the tape. Gabriele
Mazzotta Editore, Milano, Italy, 1969.
Schellmann, 8th edition, 1997, #14, p. 55.
Joseph BEUYS:
Ja, Ja, Ja, Ja, Ja, Nee, Nee, Neee, Nee, Nee

Artist record.
LP, 33rpm. Gatefold. With a 12p. supplement booklet bound inside.
Mazzota, Milan, Italy, 1970. Edition of 500 numbered copies.
Stamped signature.
Schellmann 13.
Joseph BEUYS:
Vacuum <--> Mass

Print.
Black and white photo printed on photosensitive white canvas.
125x175 cm. Edition of 100, signed and numbered. art intermedia,
Cologne, 1970.
Schellmann 28.
Joseph BEUYS:
Aktioner Aktionen
Exhibition catalogue.
(144) pages of which 135 plates. B./w. offset photos. Softbound.
29.7x21.5 cm. Stockholm, Moderna Museet, 1971.
BEUYS, Brehmer, Buthe, Gojowczyk,
Koberling, Mitzka, Neuenhausen, Perneczky, Reinert, Stenger: Marksgrafik 1972
Joseph Beuys: "Stück
17"
Prints.
1 page, text + 10 plates, offsetlitho or screenprint. (1 pl.
by artist, each one signed). 29.7x21 cm. Loose, in a brown paper
envelope with printed in black title, list of the artists. 32.3x22.7
cm. Artintermedia, Cologne, Germany, 1972. Edition of 1000 unnumbered
copies. [J. Beuys's print: "Stück 17" (Play
17), printed black on brown paper, signed by Beuys on the back
in black pen]. Envelope: worn. Prints: VG.
Schellmann, 8th edition, 1997, p. 84, # 46.
Joseph BEUYS:
Zeichnungen von 1949-1969
Artist monograph.
57 full-page reproductions. Offset on newsprint. Paperbound.
30x21 cm. Galerie Schmela, Düsseldorf, Germany, 1972. Edition
of 500 copies, signed and numbered by J. Beuys in blue ink on
the first page.
Schellmann, 8th edition, 1997, p. 90, #55.
Joseph BEUYS:
Rose für Direkte Demokratie. Rose for Direct Democracy

Multiple. Object.
Graduated glass cylinder, with inscription. 33.5x5 cm (diam.).
Certificate on printed letter paper, 29.5x21 cm. 1973. Unlimited edition.
Numbers 1 through 440 are signed and numbered on cerficate, with
handwritten addition "Rose", stamped. Copies 441 and
over withfacsimile certificate. This copy is number 377, therfore
signed and numbered on cerficate, with handwritten addition "Rose"
stamped, as it has to be. Staeck, Heidelberg, Germany, 1973.
Schellmann, #71, p. 103.
Joseph BEUYS
/ Henning CHRISTIANSEN: Schottische symphonie. Requiem of art

Artist record.
Double LP 30 cm, 33 RPM, in gatefold cover. 31.3x31.3 cm. Schellmann,
Munich, Germany, 1973. Edition of 500 numbered copies. Photo
on the front cover by M. Tischer from the Beuys and Christiansen
Fluxus concert , "Komposition für zwei Musikanten".
Schellmann, 8th edition, #83, p. 118. Catalogue: "d.i.s.c.o.t.h.è.q.u.e.,
expériences sonores d'artistes", Maison du livre
et du son, Villeurbanne, France, 1989, p. (30). The record as
artwork. From futurism to conceptual art, 1978, p. 71, 103. Broken
Music, Berlin, DAAD, 1989, p. 100, 101.
Joseph BEUYS:
Sonnenscheibe. Sun Disc

Multiple.
Card box containg a record matrix (nickel-plated copper) with
a die-cut hole between two felt pads stamped with brown paint
(Beuys+ brown cross). 37x37x4 cm. Editions Schellmann, Munich,
1973. Edition of 77 + VII, signed and numbered, + 3 Not for Sale,
unsigned copies. 1 of the 77 copies, numbered and signed in black
pencil by the artist on the top of the lid, in the pasted paper
label. Fine.
Master-mould for the Beuys-Christiansen record "Schottische
Symphonie. Requiem of Art".
Schellmann, 8th ed., 1997, # 85, p. 120-121.
Broken Music, p. 98-99.
Joseph BEUYS:
Multiples, Livres, Catalogues à la galerie Bama
Exhibition catalogue.
(32)p./pl. Text in French by R. Speck and B. Borgeaud. Wrappers.
21x15.3 cm. Exhibition: Galerie Bama, Paris: March 15-April 15,
1974; galerie du Fleuve, Bordeaux: May 1974. Edition of 500 numbered
copies. Paris, Bordeaux, Gal. Bama and Gal. du Fleuve, 1974.
Joseph BEUYS:
Report to the European Economic Community on the feasibility
of founding a 'Free International University for Creativity and
Interdisciplinary Research' in Dublin
Artist book.
(132)p. text in German. Softcover. 33x20.6 cm. Rubber stamp FIU
and signature by J. Beuys on the front cover. Free University
Press, Dublin-London, 1975.
Joseph BEUYS:
So kann die Parteiendiktatur überwunden werden. (How the
dictatorship of the parties can be overcome)
Multiple. Object.
Polyethylene bag, printed both sides, 41x29.3 cm. Brussels, POUR,
1975. From "Saltoarte", artists box edited in support
to the belgian political magazine "Pour". It comes,
in the box, with three offset prints. But some copies of the
bag have been distributed separatley, without the three offset
prints. This copy is one of them. Signed by J. Beuys in blue
ball point pen.
Schellmann, 8th edition., 1997, #149, p. 164.
Joseph BEUYS:
Zeichnungen Zu den beiden 1965 wiederentdeckten Skizzenbücher
"Codices Madrid" von Leonardo da Vinci
Artist book.
Title page, 154 p. of which 81 full-page b/w drawings, reproduced
in granolithography. Two-language German-English texts by L.
Da Vinci, G. Adriani. Half-cloth. 23.5x 17 cm. manus presse,
Stuttgart, Germany, 1975. 1st edition. Artist Proof copy, numbered
'e.a." in the colophon page, including, on a separate double
page of heavy paper, loose, folded at book format, one of the
full-page drawings in granolithography, numbered ("e.a.")
and signed by Beuys in black pencil.
Schellmann, 8th edition, 177-185.
Joseph BEUYS:
Zeige Deine Wunde (show
your wond)

Unpaginated (30
pages), 24 photographic plates. Text in German by Lazlo Glozer.
Illustrated wrappers. 30x30 cm.
Schellmann & Klüser, Munich, Germany, 1976.
First edition. One of 500 copies.
Signed in black pencil by J. Beuys.
Joseph BEUYS:
Honigpumpe am Arbeitsplatz. Honeypump
Multiple.
Transparent plastic envelope containing 1 title-card + 10 postcards.
Signed in black pencil by J. Beuys on the title-card, with red
rubber stamp: FIU. Envelope: 15.7x11.2 cm. Postcards: 14.8x10.5
cm. Staeck, FIU, Heidelberg, 1977.
Spellmann, 8th edition, 1997, P 34-43, p. 418-419.
Joseph BEUYS:
Food for Thought
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Edition.
Tyepd text printed offset on cream wove paper. 88x16.5 cm. Edition
of 100 signed copies. Rubber stamp "Free International University".
Schellmann, 8th ed. 1997, #206. |
Joseph BEUYS:
Stück 17. East Man. (Play 17)
Print.
Offset on yellow paper, stamped. Printed in black ink, on one
side. Original rubber stamp "FIU" and offset reproduced
rubber stamp "Hauptstrom". 29.7x21 cm. Heidelberg,
Staeck, 1977. Edition: 40 + IV copies, numbered and signed by
J. Beuys in black pencil. 1/40.
Schellmann, 8th ed. 1997, p. 202, #211.
Joseph BEUYS:
Mach den Mund weit auf/Apri bene la bocca

Print.
Flyer by Jörg Frank. 8x31.5 cm. Rubber stamp "FIU".
Photo Buby Durini. Serigrafia Lucio Carinci. Edition 200, signed
by Beuys and Frank, numbered. Publishers: Edizioni L. De Domizio,
Pescara, Italy. 1978. Fine.
Schellmann, 246.
Joseph BEUYS:
Coniglio

Print.
Lithograph on gray cardstock. 103x26 cm.
Edition: 120, signed and numbnered. Publisher: Edizioni Lucio
Amelio, Naples. 1968. Excellent condition.
Schellmann, 249.
Joseph BEUYS:
Fondazione per la rinascita dell'agricola

Print.
Screeenprint on heavy cardboard, stamped FIU. 93x63.5 cm. Edition:
75 plus a few A.P. signed and numbered. Publishers: Edizioni
L. De Domizio, Pescara, Italy. 1978. Small light coffee spot at the
bottom right. Very Good, near fine.
Schellmann, 264.
Joseph BEUYS:
Operazione GRASSELLO. Ca (OH)2 + H2O. Difesa della natura. FIU
for Creativity and Interdisciplinary Research, Italian section
"Instituto per la rinascita dell'agricoltura"
Artist book.
(6)p. + (34)pl. b/w photos. Softcover. 31x23.2 cm. De Domizio,
Pescara, Italy, 1979. Edition of 200 copies, numbered and signed
by Beuys. Rubber stamps "FIU" and "Die Gunen"
on the front cover.
Schellmann, #311, p. 254.
Joseph BEUYS.
GDR (DDR) paper
bag. Hygienisch
Damesbrand Enz (For Sanitary Towels, etc)

Multiple.
White paper bag printed dark blue.
26x15.9 cm.
Edition of approximately 350 unnumbered copies.
Edition Staeck, Heidelberg, Germany.
1977-80.
Signed by Beuys in black pencil.
Fine condition.
Reference:
Schellmann, 1997 n° 324.
Joseph BEUYS.
GDR (DDR) paper
bag. Durch
Leistung zum Begriff geworden. (Famed because of Performance)
Multiple.
Brown paper bag printed gray-blue.
29x11.6 cm.
Edition of approximately 350 unnumbered copies.
Edition Staeck, Heidelberg, Germany.
1977-80.
Rubber stamped.
Signed by Beuys in black pencil.
Fine condition.
Reference:
Schellmann, 1997 n° 324.
Joseph BEUYS:
... Macht die Geheimmise produktiv!. Joseph Beuys FIU-Initiative
Wangen Allg.-4.
Artist postcard.
10.5x14.8 cm, mounted on a card sheet,32.6x42.8 cm. Text-title
printed black on a tipped-in white paper label. Signed in red
ink by Beuys on the front side. FIU rubber stamp and numbered
on the back side. 80's.
Joseph BEUYS:
Es kommt alles auf den Wärme-charakter im Denken an! Das
ist die neue Qualität des Willens. Joseph Beuys.
Artist postcard.
10.5x14.8 cm, mounted on a card sheet, 32.6x42.8 cm. Text-title
printed black on a tipped-in white paper label. Signed in red
ink by Beuys on the front side. Numbered on the back side. '80s.
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Joseph BEUYS
& James Lee BYARS
Frammenti Veneziani
(I - IIIIIIIIII)
Prints.
Work in common.
10 screenprints and graphite on black wove: 5 plates by Joseph
Beuys and 5 by James Lee Byars.
Inside a black wooden box with sliding lid.
Each plate by J. Beuys is numbered and signed in black pencil
on the verso.
Each plate by J.L. Byars is signed in black pencil on the verso.
Each plate: 35x50 cm.
Box: 38.5x54x4 cm.
Edition: 50 + X, signed and numbered.
One of the 50, signed and numbered.
Edizioni Factotum-Art, Verona, 1980.
Complete.
Fine condition.
Reference:
Schellmann: J. Beuys, the Multiples, 8th edition, # 339-343,
p. 274-275.
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Joseph BEUYS:
Words Which Can Hear
Exhibition catalogue.
Unpaginated. 4 pages and 19 offset plates printed black on one
side reproducing drawings created in 1975 by J. Beuys. Hardbound,
illustrated covers. 30.4x21.5 cm. One of the 250 copies signed
and numbered by J. Beuys in the colophon page. A. D'Offay,
London, UK, 1981.
Joseph BEUYS:
Difesa della natura

Print.
Screenprint on machine-made wove. 99.5x67.5 cm. Photo Buby Durini.
Edition: 300 signed and numbered. Publishers: Edizioni L. De
Domizio, Pescara, Italy. 1981. Fine.
Schellmann, 378.
Joseph BEUYS
L'Arte è
una Zanzara dalle mille ali
Prints.
Four (4) photoetchings on wove.
Each: 78x56 cm (30.75x22 in.).
Edizioni Factotum-Art, Verona, Italy, 1981.
Edition of 50 + X + 3 A.P. copies.
1 of the 50.
Each photoetching is numbered and signed in black pencil in the
lower margin.
Each plate framed.
Condition: pl.3: circular light discoloration (diam. 2cm) in
the lower left corner, in the black ink; tiny light discoloration
in the lower right corner, in the black ink; pl.4: light small
foxing spot in the left margin, center, to the edge; overall:
nothing really visible, nothing altering, corrupting the aspect
of the work: very good+, near fine.
Reference:
Schellmann, #395-398, p. 310-311.
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Joseph BEUYS:
C'est la fin de la fin des Latins

Multiple.
Metal sign with baked enamel. 8x60 cm. L. & M. Durand-Dessert,
Paris, 1982. Edition of 100 (+16, AP) copies, numbered and signed
on the back.
Schellmann 414.
Joseph BEUYS:
The Morning (Der Morgen) I - IV
Print.
4 colored postcards printed on the same page. Photographs by
Staeck and Steidl of the room...irgendein Strang (Some rope or
other) in the exhibition Westkunst, Cologne, Germany, 1981 (originally
shown at Galerie Schmela, Düsseldorf, opening on Nov. 26,
1965).
Schellmann, P 48-50.
Joseph BEUYS:
Blotting paper (from Olivestone)
recto
verso
Print.
Typography, in black and green inks, on white blotting paper
dipped in olive oil.
Under a sheet of translucent paper and a
green paper cover rubber stamped with the publisher's name and
address.
29.5 x 8.5 cm.
Edizioni Lucrezia De Domizio, Pescara,
Italy, 1984.
Edition: 250 copies, numbered and signed by J. Beuys
on the back of the blotting paper, in black pencil.
Schellmann, 8th ed., 1997, p. 374, #505.
Joseph BEUYS:
Postkarten

Artist postcards.
80 postcards (10.5x14.8 cm) by J. Beuys. In a card box (17.2x12.4x3.2
cm) with printed lid. Complete. Edition Staeck, Heidelberg, Germany,
n.d. (1985).
1st edition.
Joseph BEUYS:
Filzpostkarte (Felt postcard)

Multiple. Object. Artist postcard.
Screenprint on felt. 10.5x15x0.9 cm. Editions Staeck, Heidelberg,
(1985). Unlimited, unnumbered, unsigned edition.
Schellmann, 8th ed., #539, p. 396.
Joseph BEUYS:
Holzpostkarte (Wooden postcard)

Multiple. Object. Artist postcard.
Screenprint on thick wooden board. 10.5x15x3.3 cm. Editions Staeck,
Heidelberg, (1985). Unlimited, unnumbered, unsigned edition.
Schellmann, 8th ed., #104 p. 133.
Joseph BEUYS:
Eurasienstab
92 pages. 54 b/w photos from the Paul de Fru's film. Text in
German, French, Flemish by Anny De Decker and Antje von Gravenitz.
Cloth with author and title printed on a paper label mounted
on the front cover. Author, title printed on the spine. In a
card slipcase (top restaured) with author and title printed on
a paper label mounted on the front. 30.2 x 21.4 cm. Edition of
700 numbered copies. Anny De Decker Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium,
1987.